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Time for Serious Negotiations now
Greek Cypriot leader Tasos Papadopulous said that time has come for serious talks to solve the Cyprus issue. At a joint press conference with EU Commission President Romano Prodi in Brussels, he said that they wanted Cyprus to enter EU as a whole. |
 U.S. Pleased Turks Vis-À-Vis PKK |
| Powell Specified Date For PKK: Wait For Spring |
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Simultaneous Raid on PKK: First Blow By U.S.
“… In the meeting of U.S. President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan Bush stressed the theme of being religious, while Erdogan displayed a more reserved attitude towards religion. When Erdogan said, “We became the target of religious terror” implying the recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul, Bush said; No, there is no such thing as religious terror. Religious people do not carry out terrorist actions. |
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Another Terrorist Captured
Baki Yigit, who allegedly took an active part in the recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul, was captured in a bakery in the Anatolian bank of Istanbul. (58 people were killed and 262 wounded in two raids on Nov.15 and 20) Yigit, who was on the list of 6 that are being sought by police, allegedly had a face-to-face conversation with Osama Bin Laden. He fled abroad after the raids and returned a short while ago. |
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YOK And Rectors Reached A Compromise
The Higher Education Board (YOK) and rectors solved their mutual problems, which appeared when YOK President Erdogan Tezic submitted the draft YOK motion to the government before academia attained a full consensus on it. |
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Bush: You Succeeded; We No More Talk On Turkish Economy
In his meeting with Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan, U.S. President George Bush said; Our concerns about the Turkish economy are over. The Turkish economy is not taken up as frequently as it was in the past here any more. The hard times are over. |
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20 Million Dollars Of Compensation To Armenians
New York Life Insurance, an American insurance company, accepted to pay 20 million dollars to the heirs of those, who were killed in the so-called Armenian genocide. Therefore, the court case on the issue, which comprised 2400 insurance policies, ended after 4 years. |
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Council Of Europe: UEFA Encouraged Terror
The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe stated that the attitude of UEFA, which decided following the recent terrorist attacks in Istanbul that the Galatasaray-Juventus soccer match should not take place in this city, encouraged terrorism. The Assembly decided that what UEFA did was an uncooperative move in the combat against terrorism. |
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